Whenever there's a new Batman movie, the jokes fly about how we all will again have to watch Bruce Wayne's parents be murdered, gunned down in an alleyway before their young sons' eyes, setting him on the path to (dark) knighthood.

The first issue of Absolute Batman went on sale earlier today and, if you've grown tired of the Dark Knight's all-too-familiar origin story and supporting cast, then this is definitely the comic for